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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2025 · 1H 20M

Eric Edge - why give up a playing career to take up the whistle?

from For Ref's Sake! - The podcast for football referees everywhere! · host Wayne Chalmers

Eric Edge was an academy goalkeeper whose career took him to America. He continued playing at a semi-professional level in England before deciding to take up the whistle but what made him make that decision?We chat to Eric about the challenges of a move into officiating along his hobby of documenting much of his work on social media. Eric has his own pages on YouTube and Instagram and shares his thoughts about social media.As usual, we talk referee development and all about the latest goings-on in the world of football.

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